Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002004 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,716
Census tract 26077002004 covers part of Portage, MI, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,716. Cost burden runs 24% here against 45.3% across Kalamazoo County.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,553
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$88,558
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.2146, -85.6336 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portage
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$995 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portage
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portage
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portage
4.4
How Portage compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 10Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2016)
- 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. It sits 1.6 points below the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 10 filings here across 2 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10. Average gross rent is $995, 12% below the Portage average.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 2.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 2.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002004?
Census tract 26077002004 in Portage scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26077002004?
Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002004?
8.4% of residents in tract 26077002004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,716.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 44th, minority 27th, housing 16th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077002004?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077002004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.56% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077002004 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077002004 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077002004 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Portage at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portage eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Portage
Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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26077001905
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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26077002005
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001906
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001907
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002103
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
South Westnedge
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002002
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002104
3
/ 10 · Low
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